Dominique Swain and Jeremy Irons in Lolita (1997). Lolita (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov is a flashpoint in 20th century literature, notable for its controversial subject matter: a professor and his obsession with the 12-year-old Dolores Haze. From the Russian born author, there are additional legendary milestones like Pale Fire and Speak, Memory. What may not be as well known is that Mr. Nabokov was weaving that rich, vigorous prose many years earlier with 1937’s Despair. A first-rate crime…

A still from Dalí's first film with Luis Buñuel, "Un Chien Andalou." The 1929 silent short emerged from a conversation the two artists had about their dreams: Buñuel had seen a cloud slicing the moon in two like a razor blade slicing through an eye and Dali's dream had featured a hand crawling with ants.n

Sarah Christine Roemer is an American actress and model. One of her best-known roles was the lead girl in Disturbia, but she has also starred in a number of films including Asylum, Hachi: A Dog's Tale, ... Wikipedia